Federal Firearms Act

In 1938 Congress extended the national firearm regulation system by passing the Federal Firearms Act. This law required that all manufacturers, importers, and dealers in firearms be licensed. It forbade delivery of a gun to a person who had been convicted of (or was under indictment for) a crime or who did not meet local licensing laws. 

The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (R L. No. 75-785) required that all dealers who buy or sell weapons across state lines hold a Federal Firearms License (FFL). The Gun Control Act of 1968 (P. L. No. 90-618) superseded the 1938 law. It increased license fees and prohibited most sales of firearms or ammunition across state lines. All gun dealers now had to be licensed and had to record all sales of firearms or ammunition so that they could be traced by police. Maximum penalties were raised to 5,000 and imprisonment for five years. 

As the court noted in its opinion, the defendant contends that the Federal Firearms Act is unconstitutional because (a) it is an ex post facto law (b) it violates the Second Amendment by infringing the right of the people to... 

Congress passes the Federal Firearms Act of 1938. It requires that manufacturers, importers, and dealers in firearms (and ammunition for pistols and revolvers) obtain licenses. The law also prohibits delivery of a gun to a known criminal, to someone under indictment, or in violation of local licensing laws. 

The National Firearms Act of 1934 (P.L. No. 73-474) placed high taxes on the manufacturers, sellers, and purchasers of automatic weapons (machine guns). Fully automatic weapons made after May 19, 1986, are now banned earlier ones can be sold by federally licensed Class III firearm dealers on payment of tax and after passing a background check. 

The federal Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (RL. 100-649) bans the manufacmre, import, or sale of guns that cannot be detected by metal detectors or airport screening equipment (such as guns made mostly of plastic). 

The Federal Aviation Act is passed. It prohibits the carrying of firearms on or about any passenger flying on a commercial aircraft. 

Congress passes the Firearms Owners Protection Act, a law that rolls back some provisions of earlier federal firearms legislation. For example, it reduces paperwork violations for firearms dealers from a felony to a misdemeanor and allows the interstate sale of long guns by dealers. However, it also increases penalties for drug traffickers who possess firearms and incorporates an amendment that essentially bans the purchase of automatic firearms by civilians if the guns were manufactured after the enactment of the law. 

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This title may be cited as the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. SEC. 102. FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK BEFORE TRANSFER OF FIREARM TO NON-LICENSEE. 

This title may be cited as the Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993 . 

The Gun Control Act of 1968 requires that firearms and ammunition manufacturers obtain a federal license and pay a fee of 50 per year for firearms manufacturers and 10 per year for ammunition makers unless the manufacturer makes destructive devices or armor-piercing ammunition, in which case the fee is 1,000 per year. 

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 made further changes to the system. License holders are now photographed and fingerprinted and are required to comply with applicable state and local laws. Dealers must report any thefts of weapons within 48 hours and must immediately respond to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Ttibacco, and Firearms requests for firearm traces. 

The federal Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( Brady Bill ) of 1994 required the chief law enforcement officer of each local jurisdiction to conduct bac%round checks of all persons wishing to buy a firearm, but no federal money was appropriated for the purpose. Two sheriffs, Jay Printz of Ravalli County, Montana, and Richard Mack of Graham County, Arizona, filed separate suits that challenged this provision of the Brady Act, claiming that forcing sheriffs to perform the checks at their own expense went beyond the powers of Congress as restricted by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

U.S. Congress passes the Armed Career Criminal Act, amending the Gun Control Act of 1968. It imposes stiff fines and prison terms for felons and other prohibited classes of persons who receive, possess, or transport a firearm. An appropriation bill passed by Congress eliminates probation or suspended sentences for persons committing a federal felony with any firearm and imposes an add-on 15-year sentence for possession of a firearm by a robber or burglar who is a repeat offender. 

There are numerous exclusions and exemptions from the premanufacture notification (PMN) process. Chemicals that are excluded from the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) definition of chemical substances are excluded from the PMN requirements, as well as all TSCA programs. Chemicals that are excluded from the definition of chemical substances include mixtures (but not the constituents of a mixture, each of which is a chemical substance ), pesticides, tobacco, firearms, nuclear materials, food, food additives, drugs, cosmetics, and devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. ... 

Some products excluded from the definition of chemical substance in 3(2) (B) require a negative certification. These include pesticides, as defined by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) food, food additives, drugs, drug intermediates, cosmetics, cosmetic intermediates, or devices subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) nuclear source materials, special nuclear materials or nuclear by-product materials and firearms and ammunition. While a guide for importers and exporters published by EPA in 1991 (1991 Guide) made a distinction in... 

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